. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . Fig. Macrochires. Fig. 40. Order XVI. Macrochires.—Goatsuckers, Swifts, and very small and weak; bill short and small and mouth large, or billlong and exceedingly slender and mouth small; wings generally long andpointed. A. Size comparatively large; plumage variegated, black and brown;. middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Caprimulgidce: NiGHTHAWKS, Whip-poor-wills, ctc. (Fig. 38), p. 236.£. Size medium; plumage sooty black; no comb on the middle toe-nail ; tips of the tail-feathers with spines. . Family Microjoodi
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . Fig. Macrochires. Fig. 40. Order XVI. Macrochires.—Goatsuckers, Swifts, and very small and weak; bill short and small and mouth large, or billlong and exceedingly slender and mouth small; wings generally long andpointed. A. Size comparatively large; plumage variegated, black and brown;. middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Caprimulgidce: NiGHTHAWKS, Whip-poor-wills, ctc. (Fig. 38), p. 236.£. Size medium; plumage sooty black; no comb on the middle toe-nail ; tips of the tail-feathers with spines. . Family MicrojoodidcB:Swifts (Fig. 39), p. Size very small; upper parts shining green; bill long and . Family Trochilidce: Hummingbirds (Fig. 40), p. 240, KEY TO FAMILIES. 51. Order XVH. Pai^qres.—Perching Birds: Flycatch-ers, Blackbirds, Jays, Orioles, Sparrows, Finches,Swallows, Vireos, Warblers, Wrens, Thrushes, four, without webs, all on the same level; hind toeas large as the middle one, its nail generally longer thanthat of the middle one; tail of twelve feathers,[The following synopticaltable of the charactersof the eighteen familieswhich we have in this order seems more satis- factory than an artilicial — T^^^^*^^^/ key,] .^..^ -* ^^*^ Fig. 41. Family 1. Tyrannidce.—Flycatchers (Fig. 42). Bill wider than high at the base,slightly hooked at the tip ; basewith conspicuous bristles; wingslonger than the tail, the second tofourth primaries longest, the firstbut little shorter and generallyequal to the fifth or sixth; back oftarsus rounded^ like the front ;plumage generally olive-green orgrayish; tail, except in the King-bird, without white spots, p. 2. Alaudidce.—Larks (Fig. 43). Bill rather stout and rounded ; nos- ,-^ trils
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